Lotus F1 has terminated its title sponsorship deal with Group Lotus but remains committed to the name. Well, your guess is as good as mine as to how exactly that works.
They should do an HRT and rename the team "Your name here GP!" until they finally settle on something. Will they take the Lotus badges off the car now?
Argentina could be confirmed as early as next month:http://www.crash.net/f1/news/178329/1/argentina_coasting_to_2013_return.html Having said that, this article also says that Korea has been axed.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/argentina-to-replace-korea-on-2013-calendar-report/ Never mind, just found an article that says Argentina will replace Korea next year. I approve! Good Bernie...
No, but I'd rather Formula One go to a place that actually has a fan-base and history in the sport than one that doesn't. Plus, we haven't even seen a proper rendering of what this Tilke-drome would look like.
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I agree, I'd rather go to Buenos Aries though. And I'd rather go to Paul Ricard, Spa, Hockenheim, or Imola before we go back to Argentina. This false economy of creating circuits to be sustained by a hypothetical F1 race is starting to get on my tits.
Personally, I quite like Korea though. Even if there aren't many fans and the facilities are undeveloped I think the track itself is pretty good.
So what was the point of building the track in Korea? Oh well, to be honest I wasn't a huge fan of the track anyway.
You'll be delighted to know he's lost none of his talent - the race just got stopped, took him a little while to work out that both crews had stopped rowing...
Jacques Villeneuve will be driving his father's Ferrari 312 T4 on 8 May at Fiorano in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Gilles Villeneuve's death.
Yes. South America has traditionally had a great interest in motor sport; and of course, Argentina has a fair claim to producing the greatest driver ever: Juan Manuel Fangio. By comparison, Korea discovered the car about 20 years ago, and the lack of interest amongst the population has left the country's F1 ambitions still-born. Also, from the perspective of anything which claims to be a genuine 'World Championship'; the further it reaches around the globe, the better. In this respect, with only the Brazilian event for company in a giant but lonely continent, Argentina is also a better bet than Korea - which is relatively surrounded by F1. As for Tilke: I think it is a great shame that Bernie's monopolising mentality does not accommodate some competition to his friend, but Argentina presents yet another opportunity for improvement.
Is this what the circuit's likely to look like? I'm not sure it isn't a spoof. please log in to view this image
